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Podcast: One Thing Today in Tech
Episode: James Murdoch, Uday Shankar return with $1.5 bln Bodhi Tree; Starlink loses 40 satellites; Climate tech gets more money in India
Description: James Murdoch, Uday Shankar return to India with $1.5 billion from QIA
James Murdoch and Uday Shankar have launched a new company called Bodhi Tree, with $1.5 billion from Qatar Investment Authority, to focus on opportunities in India and Southeast Asia.
Bodhi Tree would be “designed to invest in media and consumer technology opportunities in Southeast Asia, with a particular focus on India,” Murdoch and Shankar said in a statement, according to the LA Times.
James, the younger son of media mogul Rupert Murdoch, was previously making investments through his firm Lupa Systems, which also he h...